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I. P, WOO-DABD. I COMBINED IE'ODDEB CUTTER, 001m SHELL/R, AND FEED MILL.

No. 294,423, P'tenlt ed Mar. .4, 1884;

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I. P. WOODARD.

GOMBINED FODDER GUTTBR, 001m SHELLER, AND FEED MILL.

No 294,423. .Patentd Mar. 4, 1884.

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ISAAC P; W'OODARD, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 294,423, dated. March 4, 1884.

' Application filed Novemler 23, 18%3. (No model.)

1"0 all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC P..WOODARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of l/Vayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Combined Fodder-Gutter, GornSheller, and Feed-Mill, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of foddercutters, corn-shellers, and feed-mills used by farmers on their farms.

My invention consists in the combination of a fodder-cutter, corn-sheller, and feed-mill in a single frame, in a manner to be hereinafter described, whereby economy and compactness of construction are attained and the-machines made capable of separate or simultaneous use. In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of the apparatus, showing the box of the fodder-cutter attached. Fig. 21's a side elevation of the apparatus with the side of the casing removed. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view, showing the arrangements of the operating devices and their connection. Fig. 4 is a view of the wheel of the fodder-cutter.

w m 00 represent the framing which inoloses and supports the operative devices used.

a represents a pulley upon the outer end of a shaft, 1), which extends across the frame in a central position, as seenin Fig. 3, and is provided with suitable boxings or bearings.

c is a'feed-mill of any suitable construction, the stationary parts of which are attached to the framing w, the rotary parts being operated by the shaft 1).

At the opposite end of the shaft b from the pulley a, and outside the framing, is fixed a bevel-pinion, d, which engages a correspond' ing wheel, 0, which operates the feed-roller s of the fodder-cutter.

g is a belt passing over and actuating a pulley, t, on a shaft, r, (see Fig. 1,) which carries an elevator, h, which delivers the shelled corn into the spout Z, from which it passes into the hopper m of the feed-mill c; or the corn may be diverted into the spout J, (see Figs. 1 the machine without grinding.

5o 7c is a spout or conductor, by which the meal wheels 8 s.

from the feed-mill is carried into a proper receptacle.

uis an elevator-box inclosing the elevator h.

p is a pulley fixed upon the outer portion of the shaft 1). The shaft b has its bearings on the cross-framing 00 x, having upon it the driving cog wheel 0 and the corn sheller The'pinion r is fixed upon the shaft 6, and through the intervening pinion r engages with the cog-wheel 0 and gives motion to the corn-sheller wheels 8 s. The shellerwheel t, rigidly fixed upon the shaft 1), is placed so as to revolve centrally between the inner surfaces of the sheller-wheels s s.

i is anendless-chain cob-carrier, constructed in. such manner as to allow the shelled corn to fall through it into the reservoir 2, Fig. 2, whence it is carried up to the mill-hopper m or spout J for delivery, while the cobs are carried forward on .the endless chain and discharged at the side of the machine.

u, Figs. 3 and 4., is a wheel placed upon the shaft I) just within the cross-framing ac, and rigidly secured to the shaft b, turning with it. This wheel performs the part of a balance wheel in reference to the feed-mill and cornsheller, and at the same time carries the knives m; of the fodder-cutter, as seen-in Fig. 4. Arms 1 2 3 4 extend beyond the rim of the wheel a, projecting sufficiently-to act-as clearing-arms in removing the fodder as it is cut and dropped from'the cutter when the wheel is in motion. The feed-roller s of the fodder-cutter in hopper f is revolved by suitable devices, which connect it with the power-shaft, the means shown in the drawings consisting of a bevelpinion, (1, wheel 6, shaft 6, and gear-Wheels e", e, and e. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) I do notregard this method, however, as essential to the operation of my invention.

e I do not confine myself to the use of any particular construction of fodder-cutter, cornsheller, or feed-mill. It will be seen that each one of the machines thus combined is operated directly by and through the shaft 1), and that the wheel a does service as abalance-wheel in equalizing the motion of either one or of all the different machines, and that one or more of them can be used at the same time.

w is a hinged door in front of the cut-fodder apartment, and may be raised 'ordeprcssed on i to co-operate with said wheel t as a cornits hinges, as required. I sheller, suitable power-transmitting devices Having thus fully described mysaid invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure I spoutsarrangedt0 deliver the shelled corn from by Letters Patent, is I the shcller to the feed-mill, substantially as set The herein-described apparatus, comprising forth.

the supportirig-frame, the main power-shaft, In testimony whereof I affix my signature in a rotary fodder-cutter, a corn-shelling wheel, I presence of two witnesses.

t, a feed-mill having its rotary parts mounted ISAAC P. "WOODARD.

upon said shaft, fodder-feeding devices, a

counter-shaft mounted parallel to said main shaft, and carrying rotary devices constructed XVitnesses:

JOHN F. ionnms, W. '1. DENNIS.

connecting said shafts, and an elevator and I5 

